Reviews
Develop3D
"HDRLightStudio offers a different path; one with control over everything relating to lighting and how your final image appears.
Today we’re seeing huge advances in rendering speed through the use of multicore CPUs, Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) or even the cloud. While increased compute power means you get your images back faster, it doesn’t mean the images will be better."
Al Dean, Editor, Develop3D
3D World
"Most of the HDR market is populated by ready-made HDR images, and while for the most part these are reasonably priced, wouldn’t it be better to be able to produce your own unique lighting, quickly and interactively? HDR Light Studio is one application that lets you do just that, and with this new version 2.0, creating these maps has become even quicker and more intuitive."
Evermotion
"The process of creating hdri maps in the last version was very fast but to see the end effect you needed to render the hdr maps and import them to your 3d software.... but now we have LiveLight – in few words you can now import obj and Mi files into the HDR Light Studio, so setting up the proper lighting is done in no time."
Click here to see the full HDR Light Studio 2.0 new features overview
3D World
Swapping his set of studio softboxes for Lightmap’s latest HDR creation software, Mark Pritchard discovers whether this tool offers the true photographic approach to CG lighting it promises...
"Over the course of a few commercial projects, the purchase cost would easily be recouped and as a piece of complimentary software to the usual 3D visualisation packages, HDRI Light Studio should be top of the list of new purchases for designers and artists alike."
Click here to read the full review of version 1.5
Provided with the kind permission of 3d World magazine.
Evermotion
"The basic feature of this software is to fast generate a custom hdri map for specific type of models, and it really does its job. Even though the software is not cheep, it is a must have for every modeler and cg artist that is working on product renderings..."
Develop 3D
"HDR Light Studio offers the ability to regain control over light in a simple, easy to understand and use application. It can truly help take images to the next level and should be an essential tool in everyone’s armoury."
VRay.info
"The HDRI files produced by HDR Light Studio™ can produce some great renderings, and the program is very easy to use. The price is also very sensible for professional use and the program should pay for itself on the first job. The 1.5 release has taken an already great application and made it even better."
